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Use of the Combined Index, a hazard screening tool, to target for pollution prevention in the State of Oregon

Creator:: Code, Aimee
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to apply the Combined Index (Con, a hazard screening tool, developed by Dr. Debra Forman of EPA Region III Office of Air Radiation and Toxics Division, to the 1994 and 1995 Oregon Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) for pollution prevention and facility targeting analysis....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: State of Oregon · Abstractapproved: Catherine Neumann The purpose of this study was to apply the

A human health risk assessment of hazardous air pollutants in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Tam, Bonnie
Abstract:: In 1990, the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments authorized the regulation of 188 hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Exposure to HAPs at sufficient concentrations and durations can increase both cancer and serious adverse non-carcinogenic effects. The purpose of this study was to conduct a human health risk assessment using data of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants in Portland, Oregon Abstract approved:.. Catherine

In-service training needs of nutrition field workers and community nutrition technicians in Kiambu District in Kenya

Creator:: Miring'u, Lucy N.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the in-service training needs in selected subject matter areas as perceived by community nutrition educators in Kiambu District in Kenya. The study also sought to determine if there were significant relationships between selected demographic characteristics and the respondents' perceptions regarding in-service training...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT APPROVED: Catherine R. Mumaw The purpose of this study was to determine the in-service training

The economics of commodity promotion in the hazelnut industry

Creator:: Miller, Jason D.
Abstract:: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of commodity promotion activities on the United States' hazelnut farmer's economic welfare. Commodity promotion activities, such as generic advertising and research, are the responsibilities of government mandated commodity commissions, such as the Hazelnut Marketing Board (HMB). The HMB is a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Catherine A. Durham The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of

Spatial and inter-temporal price analysis : including risk perceptions and dynamic trade flow information

Creator:: Han, Shengfei
Abstract:: A regime-switching model for market integration study is extended to incorporate dynamic trade flow information and risk perceptions based on an expected utility framework. An application of the extended model to the US-China soybean markets analysis shows that: One, the positive arbitrage rent uncounted-for in the extended model has been...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Catherine A. Durham A regime-switching model for market integration study is extended

Sub-regional detention siting : a methodology using GIS

Creator:: Murdock, Carol L.
Abstract:: The Mt. Scott watershed in northern Clackamas County, Oregon is an urban watershed that lies inside the Portland metropolitan urban growth boundary. Urbanization of the watershed began in the early 1970s and has recently accelerated. A landscape level analysis of the urbanization process was combined with the results of a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Catherine M. Neumann The Mt. Scott watershed in northern

China's soybean futures contract : China's integration with the U.S. soybean futures market

Creator:: Si, Wenguang
Abstract:: In 1996, China started to increase its annual soybean imports at a tremendously high speed. It has become one of the most important soybean import markets for the world's largest soybean producers: the United States, Brazil and Argentina. In the meantime, the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), a Chinese soybean futures...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: ____ C; __ fi( __ -__ -_C:::_. _{)_~------------- Catherine A. Durham In 1996, China started to

Defining and managing biohazardous waste in research-based universities in the United States : a survey of environmental health and safety professionals

Creator:: Mecklem, Robin Lyn
Abstract:: Biohazardous waste refers to wastes that are potentially infectious to humans, as well as wastes from animal or plant research that could be potentially infectious to these organisms, or could alter their genetic selection process. Research resulting in generation of biohazardous waste is typically conducted at large, research-based universities. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . __________ Catherine C. Neumann Biohazardous waste refers to wastes that are potentially infectious to

A comparison of the effects between letter-grades and pass-fail grades on the attitudes and achievement of eleventh grade United States history students

Creator:: Pike, John Michaels
Abstract:: This study was designed to determine whether individual students at the eleventh grade level who were graded on a pass-fail basis in United States History would show any difference in academic achievement from those of a similar group marked by the traditional ABCD-F letter-grade method. In addition, the study was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ELEVENTH GRADE UNITED STATES HISTORY STUDENTS Redacted for privacyAbstract approved: argaret Catherine

Impact of price and color availability on fair trade and organic apparel choice

Creator:: Hodgin, Elizabeth Dee
Abstract:: Working conditions in the international garment industry have long been a concern and a process to assess and certify fair trade practices was developed as a means by which to improve those conditions. Standards for fair trade apparel include safe working conditions, fair wages, compliance with laws, and reduced environmental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Catherine A. Durham Working conditions in the international garment industry have long

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Use of the Combined Index, a hazard screening tool, to target for pollution prevention in the State of Oregon

A human health risk assessment of hazardous air pollutants in Portland, Oregon

In-service training needs of nutrition field workers and community nutrition technicians in Kiambu District in Kenya

The economics of commodity promotion in the hazelnut industry

Spatial and inter-temporal price analysis : including risk perceptions and dynamic trade flow information

Sub-regional detention siting : a methodology using GIS

China's soybean futures contract : China's integration with the U.S. soybean futures market

Defining and managing biohazardous waste in research-based universities in the United States : a survey of environmental health and safety professionals

A comparison of the effects between letter-grades and pass-fail grades on the attitudes and achievement of eleventh grade United States history students

Impact of price and color availability on fair trade and organic apparel choice

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